Grover (Russ) Whitehurst, Director
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October 19, 2005
Russ Whitehurst, Acting Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics releases the results of the NAEP study known as the "Nation's Report Card."
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Transcript: "Both mathematics and reading scores increased since 2003. In mathematics we see an increase in the percentage of fourth graders performing at or above proficient for all five of the nation's major racial ethnic groups."
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Transcript: "Public enrollment in the earlier grades through grade eight is projected to decrease from 2003 through 2005, and then to increase again through 2014."
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